Monroe Township Library, Middlesex County

Published On: November 23rd, 2015

Winning Program: Based upon his award-winning book, Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike (co-authored with Michael Aaron Rockland), Angus Gillespie, Professor of American Studies at Rutgers University, entertained an audience with anecdotes and stories about the history and development of the Turnpike, both as a physical artifact and as an emblem of American ideas and values.